Should gay Marriage be legal?

Question

Think of it from both points of view!

Answer 1

Regardless of whether or not you "agree" with homosexuality, I think that the debate surrounding the legality of two men or two women being legally bound together shows how little we have accomplished for civil rights.

It always amuses me how people cry that homosexual marriage would somehow make the institution of marriage dirty when fifty percent of straight marriages end in divorce!

History will judge us harshly, I expect.

Answer 2

I can understand that the church will not allow gay marriages, and I am fine with that because that is what they believe in. But the government can not force their own beliefs on what is and is not the "sanctity of marriage." Men and Women should be allowed to have same sex marriages and receive the same government benefits for it.
If we don't have a problem with a man and woman getting married and not having kids, then we shouldn't have a problem with homosexuals getting married and not having kids. And for those from a religious view point - yes God created Adam & Eve, and designed that humans would reproduce heterosexually, but God also created love, and for love to have no bounds. So if two people love each other, than let them be. And besides, why does it bother you so much. How does it directly affect you? It causes no one harm, but banning it does cause emotional harm. And if you don't like thinking about two men or two women doing something in the bedroom, then don't think about it.

Answer 3

The real question is why would a gay couple want to be married! What's the benefit? Do they suddenly think the church crowd will approve of them because they're no longer having sex outside of marriage? Gay marriage should not be a legally protected union. Go out and get a business license as a partnership and split the assets equally when things go south, but don't try to call it a marriage. Marriages are what mom and dad did. The family and the legal system are built around protecting marriages because they are meant to raise healthy children. Gay couples can only screw kids heads up that shouldn't be protected. If everybody in America suddenly turned gay, guess what? In 50 years when all the gays died so would America. They don't procreate! It's a dead-end relationship. Gay is what you do when you're 15 and bored. Grow up already.

Answer 4

after thinking about it from both points of view I feel gay marriage should be legal.

Answer 5

In a purely legal sense, yes. Marriage in a legal sense is a combination of un-written contracts. The power of attorney over all things, inheritance rights, not having to testify against each other in court, etc. Now, if you want to call it something else so that it doesn't tread on your idea of marriage, like civil unions, that's fine. You just have to give them the same legal standing as marriages. In most cases, civil unions do NOT have the same legal rights as marriages do.

Answer 6

I believe it should, whether you agree with homosexuality or not. Many people don't believe in inter-racial marraiges, and that itself was once illegal in most states. The Bible was often used to justify that law, as it was to justify slavery. However, times have changed, and most enlightened people now believe that the old view is rather archaic, ignorant, and biased.
I view gay marriage in the same light. Right now, a lot of people are against it, and will cite the Bible as evidence to prohibit it. But, really, at the end of the day, I fail to see how allowing two consenting adults, of any gender, to marry impinges on anyone else's rights. I honestly believe the arguments against homosexual marriage are based on fear and ignorance. When you truly think about it, my marriage loses none of its value merely because two other people, who happen to be of the same gender, decide to marry. In fact, I believe the institutions of marriage and family would be strengthened by having more committed people in our midst. The decision to be openly gay, and to announce to the world your love for a person of the same gender is difficult and dangerous whether it is legal or not. I would think that people who choose to show this love by marrying even in the face of this danger must be truly committed to each other, which is probably a lot more than most straight married couples can say, as evidenced by the fifty percent divorce rate.
I believe gay marriage should be legal, as well as gay adoption. Someone above wrote that marriage is for men and women for the purpose of procreation. Does that mean that there should be a time limit of sorts within which a married couple must produce offspring? What if a member of the couple is unable to produce children? Should the marriage be disolved? Is it ok if the couple didn't know ahead of time that one member of the marriage was unable to produce children? Should birth control be illegal? Saying something like "marriage is for a man and a woman for the purpose of procreation" is an invalid argument unless you are going to permit to marry ONLY those who agree to and are able to produce children. It's an infringement on civil rights. Which gets right back to the heart of the gay marriage debate.

Answer 7

I do not think it should be legal...God made men and women to be together and they are the only ones I believe who have a right to a holy union...which is what marriage is.
However, I have seen many happy gay couples that put many marriages to shame and they have the right to live how they want behind the closed doors of their own homes.

Answer 8

Yes, they're people too and to deny them of the union of marriage is not what a civilized society would do. I can see how some people would be against becuase it "would open up the path of other marriages between questionable couples" but we have to be clear and concise in who should marry. I think only two people with no biological relation to each other should marry. Denying gays the right of marriage seems discrimination and I don't tolerate discrimination.

Answer 9

Yes.

What is the other point of view? Marriage should be between two consenting adults, legalizing gay marriage does not change that.

Answer 10

I feel that gays and lesbians should have the same access to their partners benefits and 401k and life insurance and things of that nature....I think that they should be given the right to own a home with their partner. BUT I draw the line at allowing them to call their union a marriage, a marriage is a union between a man and a woman for the purpose of procreation of our species in the way GOD intended. Gays and lesbians cannot do this. Have a commitment ceremony in the 'church' of their choice, draw up legal papers to attest to their union or partnership, heck even take the others last name. Do not label their union as a marriage, it is not.